St. Lous, MO (UPI)--Nine crew members found in the wreckage of an airplane in the jungles of New Guinea have been buried in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, 27 years after they were reported missing.

The airmen were aboard a B-24 Liberator bomber during World War II when it was reported missing Dec. 1, 1943, while heading back from a bombing mission against the Japanese.

A New Guinea school teacher found the airplane wreckage in heavy jungle last year near the site of two abandoned Japanese airfields. A U.S. military search team went to the area and recovered 10 bodies.

Staff Sgt. Thomas D. McNamara of St. Louis was buried in Calvary Cemetery here May 22. The other nine men wre buried with military honors at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery Tuesday.

About 100 persons, most of them relatives, attended the ceremonies.

The site was selected because of its central location, military spoksmen said. A single monument will be erected at the graves.

NARA records list this soldiers Home of Record as Jefferson County, Alabama...Finding Of Death...321st Bomb Squadron, 90th Bomb Group...Lost in the crash of B-24D-155-CO "TEN KNIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM"...Missing Air Crew Report 2085...Your service and sacrifi...(Read more)-
Eric AckermanAdded: Jul. 14, 2015